Every new year we set about making New Year’s resolutions. Usually, they’re related to our physical health: going on a diet, joining a gym or drinking less. But what about our mental health? Mental health is central to every part of our lives: how we interact with loved ones, how productive we are at work, […]

Do you overeat? Did your boyfriend just break up with you? Does no one return your emails? Do you fall asleep at night and wake up in the morning? If so, you may be suffering from mental illness! Mental illness is a highly stigmatized, life-long condition, says Pharma, that millions do not even realize they […]

A police official has said the driver who mowed down 19 people in Melbourne CBD on Thursday blamed “the mistreatment of Muslims” for “some of his activities,” adding that investigators are continuing to look into his motivations. Victoria Police Acting Chief Commissioner Shane Patton told media on Friday that investigators have not yet been able […]

An Austin woman was shot and killed by police in what they are calling a suicide-by-cop case. The unnamed 26-year-old Caucasian woman was shot multiple times by responding officers in the early hours of Oct. 16 after ignoring repeated commands to drop her gun, police said. Before the deadly confrontation, the woman’s husband contacted police […]

Stress is a part of life. For most of us, it’s something that ebbs and flows, heightened at some times and practically nonexistent at others. Whether because of events in your personal or professional life, anxiety about the future, or world events beyond your control, you will feel stress from time to time. While we’d all […]

BOISE, Idaho—Nigel Youngberg was in the upstairs bathroom for seven hours straight the weekend he went missing. A late-night shower always made him feel better. His mother thought of it like the hug machine invented by Temple Grandin to soothe herself when autism made life too stressful. Nigel would hug himself with the warm water […]

One night eight years ago, Mark DiBona was in a very dark place. The police officer felt unappreciated, unhappy with his weight, emotional. He had recurring nightmares of scenes he had witnessed at work—death, shootings, child molestation, fatal crashes. Too embarrassed to reach out for help, he put a gun in his mouth. Ready to […]

Prince William has an important message for all fathers this Father’s Day. The prince, speaking on his third Father’s Day as a father, published an essay for the U.K.’s Sunday Express on June 19. “For me it is a day not just to celebrate how fortunate I am for my young family, but to reflect on just how […]

More than two decades ago, I had a patient with asthma who was homeless. In the winter, her asthma was uncontrollable because of the weather and her need to walk long distances for food. She had to spend the night outdoors because there were no shelter beds available. At one point, I remember asking her […]

Depression impacts people in different ways, and is a real illness that’s often hard to fully treat. To present only one solution to such a complex illness is irresponsible, according to writer and public speaker Jenni Chiu. She recently took to Facebook to pen a now-viral post about a harmful meme. The meme shows a […]

Young members of the British royal family have launched a campaign to raise awareness around mental health. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Henry of Wales are spearheading the Heads Together campaign. “Mental health is just as important as physical health,” said Kate Middleton. Harry, Kate, and William have found that “unresolved mental health problems […]

A depression sufferer opened up about his mental health on Facebook. And it went viral. Posted on April 13, the video has—as of April 15—garnered over 18,000 shares and has been viewed by over 880,000 people. Irishman Doug Leddin came out as a depression sufferer to his friends and family—the whole world, really—via video. Leddin’s confession […]

A mentally unstable woman in Alabama was shot and killed by a police officer on April 3. Now her family is pursuing justice. On April 3, Auburn police officers responded to a 3:40 p.m. call regarding a suicidal driver on the road. The driver was 36-year-old Melissa Boarts, mother of a 2-year-old and a sufferer of bipolar […]